Can anyone suggest the best and easiest way to start with web apps, in my case?
My plan is making a SIMPLE web app that will ONLY READ from a DB of around 500 - 1000 db entries and it will be predominantly used by MOBILE DEVICES. Might be used by 10 000+ people. Also I have no budget so free and open source solutions would be wonderful!
Existing skills are, comfortable with HTML & CSS, jQuery and can make my own WordPress themes so a little bit of PHP as well :)
You'll almost certainly need more PHP than you use for WP. Use mysqli or PDO - do not use the mysql_* functions. They are long outdated and ready for deprecation.
You also need to learn the basics of security - SQL injection, and so forth.
Can anyone suggest the best and easiest way to start with web apps, in my case?
My plan is making a SIMPLE web app that will ONLY READ from a DB of around 500 - 1000 db entries and it will be predominantly used by MOBILE DEVICES. Might be used by 10 000+ people. Also I have no budget so free and open source solutions would be wonderful!
Existing skills are, comfortable with HTML & CSS, jQuery and can make my own WordPress themes so a little bit of PHP as well :)
Much appreciated!
...learn SQL.
You'll almost certainly need more PHP than you use for WP. Use mysqli or PDO - do not use the mysql_* functions. They are long outdated and ready for deprecation.
You also need to learn the basics of security - SQL injection, and so forth.
If you need any help, ask!
@JediN1nja,
Check this out for creating mobile apps.
http://phonegap.com/